Cheap Safe vs a REAL Burglar Fire Safe

Dominic Schwebs wrote this 3:00 pm:

What you see is what you get when you buy a cheap safe from the “big box stores”. Many people think, “a safe is a safe” and all that matters is the size. They don’t know the difference between a cheap safe and a real safe that has good burglary and fire protection. They end up storing items of high value in a box that barely qualifies as a safe. When thinking about buying any safe, the question is “how much can I afford to lose?” Cheap safes have a high risk of loss and don’t offer much protection. (more…)

Biometric Handgun Safes: Are they reliable?

Dominic Schwebs wrote this 1:19 pm:

Biometric technology and fingerprint recognition locks have grown in popularity in recent years due to September 11th, and because of the increased security concerns, the United States government has become a strong advocate of this technology for the future. Biometrics is the study of methods for uniquely recognizing humans based upon physical or behavioral traits. There are many ways it is used for including face, fingerprint, hand and iris recognition. Since this technology is still relativity new, it has problems that all new technologies share. (more…)